Indoor Lacrosse Makes a Grand Hit (December 1890)

INDOOR LACROSSE MAKES A GRAND HIT
Enthusiastic Thousands Enjoy a Fine Exhibition of the Beauties of the Noble Red Man’s Game
YALE KICKERS BARELY WIN.
The Second Night of the Staten Island Athletic Club’s Monster Carnival Ahead of Any Ever Seen in the Garden.
How New Yorkers have managed to exist for two centuries and a half without indoor lacrosse games will always be a mystery to the lucky people who were in the Madison Square Garden last night. Forty happy, howling, shrieking, hand clapping minutes were those that marked the playing. Old men howled; woman, lovely woman, shrieked and boys yelped their shrill appreciation of the game, while the hoarse, bass roar of three thousand young men was their never ending accompaniment.
Talk about the excitement of football or the baby’s first tooth or a panic on the Exchange! They are tame, feeble, colorless events compared with the joyful uproar that lacrosse called out. The Staten Island Athletic Club deserve the thanks of us New Yorkers. They have invented a new winter pastime for our jaded appetites. Indoor lacrosse has come to stay. The club that tries to hold winter games without it in future had better hide itself.
Don’t think that the football wasn’t good. Yale’s giants of ’91 and the Young Men’s Christian Association Training School eleven, of Springfield, forwarded the ball and overthrew one another and gave a fine imitation of infantry in action. But the lacrosse game was like Donnybrook fair, but twice as lively. While it progressed cold chills and hot waves chased on another down my spine as rapidly as alternating currents along an electric light wire.
BEAUTY ENTHUSIASTIC
More people were present than there were at the last night of the S.I.A.U.’s midwinter athletic carnival. It was hard to find a box at the border of the oval that did not contain a group of enthusiastic and beautiful women, who clapped hands until their dainty gloves were wrecked. They were even more excited than their husbands and brothers. BURNS WINS THE QUARTER. There were seventy yard dashes and forty yard dashes and quarter mile runs and bicycle races and a heart stirring mile walk. They were capitally contested and well enough in their way. But they were not in it with lacrosse.
At nine o’clock eight white breeched fellows with black shirts marked with yellow dragons ran out upon the clay field. John Huneker and Father William Curtis planted the goal flags, two and two, at each end of the enclosure. High nets were behind the goals to keep the lacrosse ball from being volleyed out into the avenue or further. Each young man carried a long handled racquet that looked like an overgrown and lopsided tennis racquet. These were called “lacrosse sticks.” The black shrited fellows with yellow dragons on their breasts threw a white tennis ball to one another and capered about, warming up. Then out rushed another group of eight, clad all in white, each with a cherry diamond on the breast of his sleeveless shirt. These were the Manhattans. Presently the teams lined up opposite one another. The “centre field” man of each team stands tick to stick with his adversary, the ball between them.
FUN W ITH THE LACROSSE STICKS
“Play!” shouts Referee Ed Marritt!
The ball begins to fly and the players tear after it like mad. Click! Crash! Go the sticks as they meet in midair. Biff! Come white shirted and black shirted fellows, and puff! Flies the dust as they roll over one another. Isn’t it grand? From the very beginning there is a chorus of glad yells, cheers, laughs and raors as the play goes on. The ball is everywhere at once. In five minutes it has flown upon a woman in one of the boxes, chased Policeman McCullagh and a lot of trainers down “Exit No. 2” and shot into the reporters’ box twice. It is a bewitched, little white ball. It has sense of humor. A sunbeam dancing on a cascade is ponderous compared with it. How the whole house cheers when Miller, of the State Islands, scores the first goal! And how everybody sighs in a pained way when the delirious forty minutes are over!
YALE EICKERS ON TOP.
Here come the blue legged giants. Yale’s senior football eleven come trotting out. No need to introduce them. Then follow a lot of stubby little fellows in dirty, yellowish gray suits. Who are they? Fred Burns points at them and says:--“This is the Y.M.C.A. Training School eleven from Springfield. A laugh rolls from floor to roof and all around the amphitheater—such a laugh as scoffed the somewhat earlier Christians when they came out in Nero’s arena.
But Stagg, the might Stagg, is with them. That laugh is premature. Within five seconds from the time Umpire Tracy Harris yells “Play!” the Christians have hurled the Yalensiand eight yards down the field. Now the twenty-two men are mixed in a puddle of arms and legs. Once more the ball is put in play. Again the stubby little Christians jam the long legged Yale gladiators back toward their own goal. Again and again they do the trick. They are simply wiping up the earth with Prexy Dwight’s big boys.
“Christian science is a great thing,” says John Huneker to Father William Curtis. The spectators simply howl with joy. A cloud of dust arises from the soft New York clay. Oh, but it’s beautiful! Again and again the squadrons hurl themselves at eachother. Now comes an unexpected kick from Yale’s full back and the ball flies down into the Christians’ territory. The tide has turned.
RED HOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
The game was red hot all the way through and although the spectators acted as if demented they had every excuse for it. At one time the Christians are in the lead by 10 to 6. Did the audience cheer?
Stop reading this for five minutes, gentle reader, and imagine fifty Salvation Armies striving to outshout one another. That’s what it was like. But Yale’s beef and foxy tricks finally carried the day.
To-day the spectators will have an opportunity to see the difference between the American intercollegiate and the English Rugby style of play. Princeton’s team will play the eleven of the Manhattan A.C., and teams composed of English residents of New York and Canada will play the English game. The latter game is expected to take place in the afternoon at three o’clock.
MEDALS AND WATCHES FOR THESE.
The events, with the winners in each, were as follows:--
Seventy Yard Handicap.—Trial heats, winner in each heat to run in final. First bent—Won by B. W. Allen, Berkeley A.C., 11 foot; time, 7 4-5 seconds. Second heat—Won by W. H. Henton, Star A.U., 17 feet; time, 7 3-5 seconds. Third heat—Won by R. C. Fisher. N.Y.A.C., 3 feet; time, 7 4-5 seconds. Fourth heat—Dead beat between C. O’Malley, Jr. Acorn A.C. (16 feet) and J. Spelman, Prospect Harriors (11 feet); time, 7-45 seconds. Fifth heat—Wno by N. L. Deming, NY.A.C. (10 feet); time, 7 3-5 seconds. Sixth heat—Dead heat between M. Remington, M.A.C. (3 feet), and C. S. Amwake, A.C.S.N. (10 feet); time, 7 4-5 seconds. Seventh heat—Won by F. M. Reilly, Acorn A.C. (3 feet); time, 7 4-5 seconds.
Second Trial Heats.—First heat won by E. W. Allen, W. H. Heaton second. Time, 7 8-5 seconds. Second heat won by U. S. Amwake, M. Romington second. Time, 7 3-5 seconds. FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY YARDS HANDICAP.—Trial heats, first five men to run in 5pal. First heat—Won by P. F. Barns, Star A.C. (20 yards); F. T. Wood. Fall River A.C. (16 yards), second; C. Marx. Richmond County A.C. (15 yards), third; G. Brunt, Redbank A.C. (20 yards), fourth and T. J. Stead. Harvard A. A. and Boston A.C. (5 yards), and C. Mellin, Berkeley A.C. (6 yards), dead heat for 9th; five 56 1-5 seconds. Second heat—Won by J. T. Norton, M.A.C. (7 yards); J. Newman, M.A.C. (8 yards), second; S. Corbert, N.J. A.C. (
5 yards), third; J. H. Wilson, A.C.S.N. (25 yards), fourth; H. Vancleef, Jr., Riverside A.C. (22 yards), fifth. Time 57 1-5 seconds.
Final heat—Won by P.F. Burns; B. Vancleef, Jr., second, by three yards; S. Corbett, N.J.A.C., third, by four yards. Time, 55 seconds.
The handicapper evidently was not aware of what Burns could do. He won with something to spare. The time, considering the size and condition of the track, was very fast.
WALKERS SHOW THEIR ART.
ONE MILE WALK (handicap)—Won by E. Gunnesson, New York City (1 minute); W. Brumehnber, Greenpoint Turn Vereln (50 seconds), second; Lloyd Collis, N.Y.A.C., third. Time, 7m 55s.
Walks on a small track are awlays unsatisfactory, as the spectators are unable to tell who is in the lead, the limit handicap men lapping the small start and scratch men, so that only the scorers know how the race stands. Several men were disqualified for running.
RUNNING, HIHG JUMP (handicap).—Won by F. H. Schaefer, N.J.A.C. (6 inches), with an actual jump of 5ft. 4 in; S. . McCumber, Acorn A.C. (6 incheS), second, with a jump of 5 ft 5 in; third, Aivah Nickerson, tied, and the former won on a toss. Nickerson’s jump, considering the bad take off, was as good as 6 feet under ordinary circumstances.
BATTLING WITH LACROSSE STICKS
EXHIBITION LACROSSE—Twenty minutes. M.A.C. team vs. S.I.A.C. team. Score—S.I.A.C., three goals; M.A.C., one goal.
Judging by the reception which the game mnet, lacrosse as an indoor sport has come to stay. For the S.I.A.C. C. C. Miller threw the first goal ten minutes after the start and four minutes later W. S. King threw the second. W. G. Meharg then threw another goal for the Staten Islanders and H. Thomsen throw one for the Manhattans. Only one half was played. The other half will be played this afternoon.
The teams, with their positions, were as follows;--
M.A.C. POSITION S.I.A.C.
T. Earle…..Goal Keeper…..H. A. Matthews.
J. J> K. Hackett…..Point…..C. C. Miller.
C. R. Benneit…..Cover point…..D. Brown.
W. T. Davis…..Defence field…..W. C. Post
T. M. Marson…..Centre…..W. G. Meheag.
H. Thomson…..Attack field…..J. F. McClain
J. S. Bann…..Outside home…..W. S. King.
M. Thomson…..Inside home…..R. A. Matthews.
The size of the gournds permitted only eight men to play on each team.
Referee-Mr. E. Merrill
Umpires—Messrs. P. Riche and J. Baird.
After the game the S.I.A.C. team, who are the champions of the United States, were presented with their championship medals by the Amateur Athletic Union.
INDOOR FOOTBALL A SUCCESS, TOO.
EXHIBITION FOOTBALL GAME.—Two tenty-five minutes halves, with five minutes rest.—Yale Senior Consolidated team vs. Y.M.C.A. Trainign School team, of Springfield, Mass. Score—Yale, 16; Y.M.C.A. 10.
The teams, with their positions, were as follows:--
Yale Position Y.M.C.A.
Hartwell…..Left end…..Garland
Funk…..Left tackle…..Barton.
Heffelfinger…..Left guard…..Corbett
Lewis…..Centre…..Naismith
Adams…..Right guard…..Smith
Ely…..Right tackle…..McKee.
Wright…..Right end…..Black.
Twembly…..Quarter back…..Keller.
Williams (captain) …..Left half back…..Ball.
McClintock…..Right half back…..Seerley.
B. Morrison…..Full back…..Stagg (captain).
Referee-A. Moffatt. ’85 Princeton.
Umpire—Tracy Harris, ’86, Princeton.
The “field” was 240 feet long by 140 feet wide, whereas the regular out-of-doors field is 330 feet by 160 feet. Consequently there was not room for the brilliant running and dodging seen in an outdoor game. It was na exciting match, nevertheless, and took immensely with the spectators. Heffelfinger, Lewis, Adams, Williams and B. Morrison were members of the Yale team which best Princeton Thanksgiving Day, and Twombly, the quarter back, made a reputation in that position years ago. Of the Y.M.C.A. team Captain Stagg played and rush for Yale last year.
Yale kept the Y.M.C.A. on the defensive during the greater part of the game. In the first half Morrison made a touchdown from which Williams kicked a goal. Score—Yale, 6; Y.M.C.A., 0.
THE SECOND HALF.
The Y.M.C.A. started with a “V,” and Kelles made a run of yen yards. Then Stagg made a long run across the field, but was thrown before he could make any advance. There was a prize of a gold watch for each member of the winning team, and oh, how they did play! Yale got the ball and Heffelfinger ran with it. He fumbled it, though, and Naismith got it and made a touchdown for the Y.M.C.A. Stagg kicked the goal. Score—Yale, 6; Y.M.C.A., 6.
Yales’ blood was up now and her men played as they played against Princeton. They carried the ball to the Y.M.C.A. five yard line, where they lost it on four downs. Seerley then got the ball and made a magnificent run over the whole length of the field and scored the second touchdown. Stagg missed an easy goal. Score:-- Y.M.C.A., 10; Yale, 6.
THE SCORE EVEN.
On the kickout Morrison sent the ball the whole length of the field, kicking it over the Y.M.C.A. line, where Ball touched it back. At the twenty-five yard line Stagg’s team fumbled it and Yale falling on it finally pushed it over the line again, B. Morrison making the touchdown. The try at goal was a failure, Morrison kicking the ball against the crossbar of the goal post. It bounded back into Twombley’s hands and he was at once downed. Score—Yale, 10; Y.M.C.A., 10. When the ball was put in play again Morrison made his third touchdown. Form this he kicked a goal, making the score 16 to 10 in favor of Yale.
Time was called with the ball on Yale’s twenty yard line. Though the play was rough no one was hurt.
The two mile handicap safety bicycle race will be ridden this afternoon. A pleasant feature of the meeting was a distribution of neat little souvenirs of the meeting in the shape of S.I.A.C. club badges.

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An All-American Yale player, Stagg brought football to what is now Springfield College and coached the institution’s first team in 1891. After arriving as a graduate student and instructor in 1890, Stagg posted a notice inviting students and faculty to play football for the institution. On an open field overlooking Lake Massasoit, the team would practice and play the less important games, while playing bigger games downtown. The first year ended with a 5-3 record, highlighted by a 26-0 defeat of Amherst. After coaching for fifty-seven years at different institutions, he became the dean of college football coaches. Stagg pioneered the huddle, the man in motion, the end-around, and the Statue of Liberty play, among others. During October 2006, the refurbished Benedum Field was renamed the Amos Alonzo Stagg Field. In The Fireside Book of Football, Edwin Pope describes Stagg as “football’s Ben Franklin, Alexander Bell, and Thomas Edison all rolled into one.” The New York Herald was a large distribution newspaper based in New York City that ran between May 6, 1835 and 1924.

INDOOR LACROSSE MAKES A GRAND HIT
Enthusiastic Thousands Enjoy a Fine Exhibition of the Beauties of the Noble Red Man’s Game
YALE KICKERS BARELY WIN.
The Second Night of the Staten Island Athletic Club’s Monster Carnival Ahead of Any Ever Seen in the Garden.
How New Yorkers have managed to exist for two centuries and a half without indoor lacrosse games will always be a mystery to the lucky people who were in the Madison Square Garden last night. Forty happy, howling, shrieking, hand clapping minutes were those that marked the playing. Old men howled; woman, lovely woman, shrieked and boys yelped their shrill appreciation of the game, while the hoarse, bass roar of three thousand young men was their never ending accompaniment.
Talk about the excitement of football or the baby’s first tooth or a panic on the Exchange! They are tame, feeble, colorless events compared with the joyful uproar that lacrosse called out. The Staten Island Athletic Club deserve the thanks of us New Yorkers. They have invented a new winter pastime for our jaded appetites. Indoor lacrosse has come to stay. The club that tries to hold winter games without it in future had better hide itself.
Don’t think that the football wasn’t good. Yale’s giants of ’91 and the Young Men’s Christian Association Training School eleven, of Springfield, forwarded the ball and overthrew one another and gave a fine imitation of infantry in action. But the lacrosse game was like Donnybrook fair, but twice as lively. While it progressed cold chills and hot waves chased on another down my spine as rapidly as alternating currents along an electric light wire.
BEAUTY ENTHUSIASTIC
More people were present than there were at the last night of the S.I.A.U.’s midwinter athletic carnival. It was hard to find a box at the border of the oval that did not contain a group of enthusiastic and beautiful women, who clapped hands until their dainty gloves were wrecked. They were even more excited than their husbands and brothers. BURNS WINS THE QUARTER. There were seventy yard dashes and forty yard dashes and quarter mile runs and bicycle races and a heart stirring mile walk. They were capitally contested and well enough in their way. But they were not in it with lacrosse.
At nine o’clock eight white breeched fellows with black shirts marked with yellow dragons ran out upon the clay field. John Huneker and Father William Curtis planted the goal flags, two and two, at each end of the enclosure. High nets were behind the goals to keep the lacrosse ball from being volleyed out into the avenue or further. Each young man carried a long handled racquet that looked like an overgrown and lopsided tennis racquet. These were called “lacrosse sticks.” The black shrited fellows with yellow dragons on their breasts threw a white tennis ball to one another and capered about, warming up. Then out rushed another group of eight, clad all in white, each with a cherry diamond on the breast of his sleeveless shirt. These were the Manhattans. Presently the teams lined up opposite one another. The “centre field” man of each team stands tick to stick with his adversary, the ball between them.
FUN W ITH THE LACROSSE STICKS
“Play!” shouts Referee Ed Marritt!
The ball begins to fly and the players tear after it like mad. Click! Crash! Go the sticks as they meet in midair. Biff! Come white shirted and black shirted fellows, and puff! Flies the dust as they roll over one another. Isn’t it grand? From the very beginning there is a chorus of glad yells, cheers, laughs and raors as the play goes on. The ball is everywhere at once. In five minutes it has flown upon a woman in one of the boxes, chased Policeman McCullagh and a lot of trainers down “Exit No. 2” and shot into the reporters’ box twice. It is a bewitched, little white ball. It has sense of humor. A sunbeam dancing on a cascade is ponderous compared with it. How the whole house cheers when Miller, of the State Islands, scores the first goal! And how everybody sighs in a pained way when the delirious forty minutes are over!
YALE EICKERS ON TOP.
Here come the blue legged giants. Yale’s senior football eleven come trotting out. No need to introduce them. Then follow a lot of stubby little fellows in dirty, yellowish gray suits. Who are they? Fred Burns points at them and says:--“This is the Y.M.C.A. Training School eleven from Springfield. A laugh rolls from floor to roof and all around the amphitheater—such a laugh as scoffed the somewhat earlier Christians when they came out in Nero’s arena.
But Stagg, the might Stagg, is with them. That laugh is premature. Within five seconds from the time Umpire Tracy Harris yells “Play!” the Christians have hurled the Yalensiand eight yards down the field. Now the twenty-two men are mixed in a puddle of arms and legs. Once more the ball is put in play. Again the stubby little Christians jam the long legged Yale gladiators back toward their own goal. Again and again they do the trick. They are simply wiping up the earth with Prexy Dwight’s big boys.
“Christian science is a great thing,” says John Huneker to Father William Curtis. The spectators simply howl with joy. A cloud of dust arises from the soft New York clay. Oh, but it’s beautiful! Again and again the squadrons hurl themselves at eachother. Now comes an unexpected kick from Yale’s full back and the ball flies down into the Christians’ territory. The tide has turned.
RED HOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
The game was red hot all the way through and although the spectators acted as if demented they had every excuse for it. At one time the Christians are in the lead by 10 to 6. Did the audience cheer?
Stop reading this for five minutes, gentle reader, and imagine fifty Salvation Armies striving to outshout one another. That’s what it was like. But Yale’s beef and foxy tricks finally carried the day.
To-day the spectators will have an opportunity to see the difference between the American intercollegiate and the English Rugby style of play. Princeton’s team will play the eleven of the Manhattan A.C., and teams composed of English residents of New York and Canada will play the English game. The latter game is expected to take place in the afternoon at three o’clock.
MEDALS AND WATCHES FOR THESE.
The events, with the winners in each, were as follows:--
Seventy Yard Handicap.—Trial heats, winner in each heat to run in final. First bent—Won by B. W. Allen, Berkeley A.C., 11 foot; time, 7 4-5 seconds. Second heat—Won by W. H. Henton, Star A.U., 17 feet; time, 7 3-5 seconds. Third heat—Won by R. C. Fisher. N.Y.A.C., 3 feet; time, 7 4-5 seconds. Fourth heat—Dead beat between C. O’Malley, Jr. Acorn A.C. (16 feet) and J. Spelman, Prospect Harriors (11 feet); time, 7-45 seconds. Fifth heat—Wno by N. L. Deming, NY.A.C. (10 feet); time, 7 3-5 seconds. Sixth heat—Dead heat between M. Remington, M.A.C. (3 feet), and C. S. Amwake, A.C.S.N. (10 feet); time, 7 4-5 seconds. Seventh heat—Won by F. M. Reilly, Acorn A.C. (3 feet); time, 7 4-5 seconds.
Second Trial Heats.—First heat won by E. W. Allen, W. H. Heaton second. Time, 7 8-5 seconds. Second heat won by U. S. Amwake, M. Romington second. Time, 7 3-5 seconds. FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY YARDS HANDICAP.—Trial heats, first five men to run in 5pal. First heat—Won by P. F. Barns, Star A.C. (20 yards); F. T. Wood. Fall River A.C. (16 yards), second; C. Marx. Richmond County A.C. (15 yards), third; G. Brunt, Redbank A.C. (20 yards), fourth and T. J. Stead. Harvard A. A. and Boston A.C. (5 yards), and C. Mellin, Berkeley A.C. (6 yards), dead heat for 9th; five 56 1-5 seconds. Second heat—Won by J. T. Norton, M.A.C. (7 yards); J. Newman, M.A.C. (8 yards), second; S. Corbert, N.J. A.C. (
5 yards), third; J. H. Wilson, A.C.S.N. (25 yards), fourth; H. Vancleef, Jr., Riverside A.C. (22 yards), fifth. Time 57 1-5 seconds.
Final heat—Won by P.F. Burns; B. Vancleef, Jr., second, by three yards; S. Corbett, N.J.A.C., third, by four yards. Time, 55 seconds.
The handicapper evidently was not aware of what Burns could do. He won with something to spare. The time, considering the size and condition of the track, was very fast.
WALKERS SHOW THEIR ART.
ONE MILE WALK (handicap)—Won by E. Gunnesson, New York City (1 minute); W. Brumehnber, Greenpoint Turn Vereln (50 seconds), second; Lloyd Collis, N.Y.A.C., third. Time, 7m 55s.
Walks on a small track are awlays unsatisfactory, as the spectators are unable to tell who is in the lead, the limit handicap men lapping the small start and scratch men, so that only the scorers know how the race stands. Several men were disqualified for running.
RUNNING, HIHG JUMP (handicap).—Won by F. H. Schaefer, N.J.A.C. (6 inches), with an actual jump of 5ft. 4 in; S. . McCumber, Acorn A.C. (6 incheS), second, with a jump of 5 ft 5 in; third, Aivah Nickerson, tied, and the former won on a toss. Nickerson’s jump, considering the bad take off, was as good as 6 feet under ordinary circumstances.
BATTLING WITH LACROSSE STICKS
EXHIBITION LACROSSE—Twenty minutes. M.A.C. team vs. S.I.A.C. team. Score—S.I.A.C., three goals; M.A.C., one goal.
Judging by the reception which the game mnet, lacrosse as an indoor sport has come to stay. For the S.I.A.C. C. C. Miller threw the first goal ten minutes after the start and four minutes later W. S. King threw the second. W. G. Meharg then threw another goal for the Staten Islanders and H. Thomsen throw one for the Manhattans. Only one half was played. The other half will be played this afternoon.
The teams, with their positions, were as follows;--
M.A.C. POSITION S.I.A.C.
T. Earle…..Goal Keeper…..H. A. Matthews.
J. J> K. Hackett…..Point…..C. C. Miller.
C. R. Benneit…..Cover point…..D. Brown.
W. T. Davis…..Defence field…..W. C. Post
T. M. Marson…..Centre…..W. G. Meheag.
H. Thomson…..Attack field…..J. F. McClain
J. S. Bann…..Outside home…..W. S. King.
M. Thomson…..Inside home…..R. A. Matthews.
The size of the gournds permitted only eight men to play on each team.
Referee-Mr. E. Merrill
Umpires—Messrs. P. Riche and J. Baird.
After the game the S.I.A.C. team, who are the champions of the United States, were presented with their championship medals by the Amateur Athletic Union.
INDOOR FOOTBALL A SUCCESS, TOO.
EXHIBITION FOOTBALL GAME.—Two tenty-five minutes halves, with five minutes rest.—Yale Senior Consolidated team vs. Y.M.C.A. Trainign School team, of Springfield, Mass. Score—Yale, 16; Y.M.C.A. 10.
The teams, with their positions, were as follows:--
Yale Position Y.M.C.A.
Hartwell…..Left end…..Garland
Funk…..Left tackle…..Barton.
Heffelfinger…..Left guard…..Corbett
Lewis…..Centre…..Naismith
Adams…..Right guard…..Smith
Ely…..Right tackle…..McKee.
Wright…..Right end…..Black.
Twembly…..Quarter back…..Keller.
Williams (captain) …..Left half back…..Ball.
McClintock…..Right half back…..Seerley.
B. Morrison…..Full back…..Stagg (captain).
Referee-A. Moffatt. ’85 Princeton.
Umpire—Tracy Harris, ’86, Princeton.
The “field” was 240 feet long by 140 feet wide, whereas the regular out-of-doors field is 330 feet by 160 feet. Consequently there was not room for the brilliant running and dodging seen in an outdoor game. It was na exciting match, nevertheless, and took immensely with the spectators. Heffelfinger, Lewis, Adams, Williams and B. Morrison were members of the Yale team which best Princeton Thanksgiving Day, and Twombly, the quarter back, made a reputation in that position years ago. Of the Y.M.C.A. team Captain Stagg played and rush for Yale last year.
Yale kept the Y.M.C.A. on the defensive during the greater part of the game. In the first half Morrison made a touchdown from which Williams kicked a goal. Score—Yale, 6; Y.M.C.A., 0.
THE SECOND HALF.
The Y.M.C.A. started with a “V,” and Kelles made a run of yen yards. Then Stagg made a long run across the field, but was thrown before he could make any advance. There was a prize of a gold watch for each member of the winning team, and oh, how they did play! Yale got the ball and Heffelfinger ran with it. He fumbled it, though, and Naismith got it and made a touchdown for the Y.M.C.A. Stagg kicked the goal. Score—Yale, 6; Y.M.C.A., 6.
Yales’ blood was up now and her men played as they played against Princeton. They carried the ball to the Y.M.C.A. five yard line, where they lost it on four downs. Seerley then got the ball and made a magnificent run over the whole length of the field and scored the second touchdown. Stagg missed an easy goal. Score:-- Y.M.C.A., 10; Yale, 6.
THE SCORE EVEN.
On the kickout Morrison sent the ball the whole length of the field, kicking it over the Y.M.C.A. line, where Ball touched it back. At the twenty-five yard line Stagg’s team fumbled it and Yale falling on it finally pushed it over the line again, B. Morrison making the touchdown. The try at goal was a failure, Morrison kicking the ball against the crossbar of the goal post. It bounded back into Twombley’s hands and he was at once downed. Score—Yale, 10; Y.M.C.A., 10. When the ball was put in play again Morrison made his third touchdown. Form this he kicked a goal, making the score 16 to 10 in favor of Yale.
Time was called with the ball on Yale’s twenty yard line. Though the play was rough no one was hurt.
The two mile handicap safety bicycle race will be ridden this afternoon. A pleasant feature of the meeting was a distribution of neat little souvenirs of the meeting in the shape of S.I.A.C. club badges.

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